Darren New wrote:
1) Microsoft is evil.
2) You won't use C# because Microsoft is evil.
3) C# is a bad language.
#3 doesn't follow logically from either #1 or #2.
It follows as a bad language to actually use in the real world because
of #1 and #2. They are already rattling the patent sabre against Linux
and I'm afraid of what is going to result from Mono.
No they didn't. The break-up of AT&T had zero to do with any "dirty
tricks" that AT&T was pulling.
You have to act to maintain your monopoly (which is a dirty trick in
itself) to be guilty of antitrust violations, no?
Again, that has nothing to do with why they got broken up. The monopoly
status was *granted* by the courts long before it was taken away by the
courts.
"For many years, AT&T had been permitted to retain its monopoly status
under the assumption that it was a natural monopoly. The first erosion
to this monopoly occurred in 1956 where the Hush-a-Phone v. FCC ruling
allowed a third-party device to be attached to rented telephones owned
by AT&T." - Wikipedia
So from 1956 to 1982 they were involved in dirty tricks. Hardly angels.
If they want to convince people, open source it. If Sun can pull it
off with Java, why can't Microsoft? Once it is truly out of
Microsoft's hands, then we can talk.
It's an ECMA standard, and there's already an open-source version.
Oh my...don't EVEN get us started on Microsoft and standards processes!
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